The Ballad of Elaine, As Told by Pickle Jane ( a reading )

Pickle Jane and Elaine are ride-or-die best friends—but friendship this deep means dealing with baggage. (We’re talking hoarders and hangovers, a faceless sub of a billionaire, ancestor flashmobs...) Now, Pickle Jane wants you in the front row of their drama, and maybe even on call as Elaine’s next lifeline for when things go sideways (they will). The Ballad of Elaine, As Told by Pickle Jane reckons with the seismic power—and peril—of female friendship and who gets the privilege to tell her story.

PERFORMANCES:
Oct 3 @ 3:30 & 7
RUNNING TIME: 1.45hrs
PRICE:
$10.00
At IRT: 154 Christopher st. NYC #3B (third floor)
ADA Accessible

Caitlin Gaspar is a Brooklyn based playwright, performer, and educator obsessed with bringing what she’s found on her bizarre spiritual travels to the stage. She is currently a Rockwell Fellow at Primary Stages and has held residencies with SPACE on Ryder Farm (RIP) and the Invulnerable Nothings. Her solo show Good at Cults was part of the inaugural Speak Up, Rise Up Festival and has run at Edmonton Fringe, along with her more recent solo show Self Possession. She co-founded and served as Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Shakespeare Co for five seasons and has spent many years creating theater/stand up/storytelling with young people through many orgs in most boroughs (sorry Staten Island). She loves working on new play development in all its forms and is grateful to be sharing a new work at IRT!

IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT’s mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council; A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation & support for ASL interpretation provided in part through funding from Access A.R.T./New York.

ACCESS: IRT is a fully wheelchair-accessible facility. Please reach out to Kori Rushton if you have any accessibility questions or concerns, [email protected]

Host or Publisher IRT Theater